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Systematics of Planchonella Pierre: The largest Sapotaceae genus in subfamily Chrysophylloideae

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Planchonella is the largest genus in subfamily Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae), believed to circumscribe about 110 species, occurring throughout tropical Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as the Seychelles and Hawaii. Previous studies have confirmed the monophyly of Planchonella but also identified problems such as species limits of the ...
Ulf Swenson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLOTHO: Directed Test Generation for Weakly Consistent Database Systems [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
Relational database applications are notoriously difficult to test and debug. Concurrent execution of database transactions may violate complex structural invariants that constraint how changes to the contents of one (shared) table affect the contents of another.
arxiv  

Bricolage and its Strategic Connotations: A Study of Greek Social Entrepreneurs in Times of Crisis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how social entrepreneurs contend with severe resource constraints in times of crisis. To explain entrepreneurial responses to such limitations, researchers use the concept of bricolage, which involves creatively combining scarce resources to solve problems.
Luc Glasbeek
wiley   +1 more source

Verifying Visibility-Based Weak Consistency [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
Multithreaded programs generally leverage efficient and thread-safe concurrent objects like sets, key-value maps, and queues. While some concurrent-object operations are designed to behave atomically, each witnessing the atomic effects of predecessors in a linearization order, others forego such strong consistency to avoid complex control and ...
arxiv  

The sacrificed lives of the caring class: crises of social reproduction, unequal Europe, and modern forms of slavery

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract There have been plenty of interpretations regarding the meaning and function of sacrifice within the discipline of anthropology. Going beyond sacrifice as a ritual and exploring a wide range of its manifestations and functions as contemporary cultural practices, discourses, and underlying logics, we reveal its role in the social organization ...
Angelina Kussy, Dolors Comas‐d'Argemir
wiley   +1 more source

On the Efficient Delivery and Storage of IoT Data in Edge-Fog-Cloud Environments. [PDF]

open access: yesSensors (Basel), 2022
Barron A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Revisiting Two Finiteness Phenomena for Mandarin Chinese Complementation Structures: An Empirically Oriented Approach via Systematic Hypothesis Testing

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The literature has debated whether Mandarin Chinese exhibits a finiteness distinction despite the absence of overt tense and agreement marking. Huang (2022), along with other Generative studies, has re‐affirmed this distinction and repeatedly rejected Hu et al. (2001), which presents opposing views.
Chit‐Fung Lam
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source

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